Diversity in the Classroom

Immigration’s impact is often first seen in the classroom. The increasing diversity of the nation’s education system is the most detailed measure of where immigrants have settled in recent years. View demographic changes in more than 17,000 school districts across the nation — including your own.

Student Demographics

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

Nat. Amer.

School enrollment figures are used in this report as a “tracking” statistic. The numbers are not a specific count of immigrants in each community, yet the changes in Hispanic and Asian populations shown by the data are largely driven by immigration. Figures seen here were compiled as part of the Federal “Common Core Data” on school districts, and obtained by the New York Times from the National Center for Education Statistics. In some cases, The Times obtained additional information from state and local education agencies to fill in gaps for missing figures, but generally, the information is presented here as provided by the government. In a handful of districts, particularly in early years, figures may be missing, misreported or not allotted by race.